Motor Gun Boats during the Second World War, 1939-1945

Motor Gun Boats during the Second World War, 1939-1945 Steam Gun Boat, MGB S309, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Peter Scott underway at sea. S.309 was also known as ‘Grey Goose’ Photo courtesy of Imperial War Museum

These were motor torpedo boats which had their torpedoes removed and guns mounted in their place. They were primarily used to defend coastal convoys from raids by German torpedo boats known to the British as “E-Boats.” E=enemy.

MGB 66 at speed with the crew at action stations, off the coast at Fort William, Scotland. 25 March 1942